National Republican., 1887-05-31
GAUDAUR WINS.
He Beats lHanlon by Moro Than Four
Lengths in Yesterday's Race.

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CHICAGO, May 3O.-The great race between.
Henlan and Gaudaur occurred at the Calumet
course to-day. When the two oarsmen first
came out on the course ready for a thret-mile
pull To decide who sbould bo called tho cham
pion of. America and carry away 5000 in
stakes, the day was leaden but did not threaten
rain.
A slight roughness of the water had no dc.
terring influence and the start was made with
the lead, pulling n short quick stroke, ~ TO the
minute. Gaudaur kept close to him with a
long steady sweep, about 3s TO the minute.
end Of the first mile was fully boat lenyth
In advance. II had been the gossip that II
Hanlan could lead to the turn ho was
aasa asnr rOschSd certain The wpaSs oaoy g Gs HsSn Sa
would never catch up on stern chase Great,
therefore, were the expectations of Hanlan's
friends 70 see him nearing the turn clearly
ahead Of Gaudaur, and gaining all the time.
The rain now began. to fall: The lake was
pour was almost binding. Hanlan turned
pulling about thirty.dve strokes a minute
sauqaar struck f1' about ta the '0aanss sa@s gaIt T.
pose, but did not lose the lead. He kept weil
to the front from the start until entering the
third mile. There Hanlan commenced 10
SO great exeTtion did il seem 10 require that
many believed his boat was leaking or had
shipped one Of the ohopPy seas. Gaudaur was
rowing .nagn maggnidcently, He showed the same
iRes onse sTSssp Sutp hs er had wh fabon mat at
ehine;lihe precision, he passed
another and at last one more additional.
.Hanlon's beaten, murmured the crowd.
mo. no." shouted others. "see him spurtl See
vengeance. The. multitude on shore and
afloat held their breath. Then regardless of
rain. tossed hats and umbrellas IN the air and
sss''d Sc cheers to ySSd ySed as On tSsI4 n
Hanlan could not stand the pace and
again Gaudaur's great sweep began to tell. 1t
and turning his face from tho rain shot a
glance over his shoulder at Gaudaur. The sin
gle glance was enough. Hanlan saw himself
irretrievably beaten; Gaudaur was six lengths
TO the fore Seeing Hanlan surrender all hope,
Gaudaur magnanimously slackened the speed,
and passed the stand an easy winner by four
lengths. Time, 20:29.
conditions. Hanlan was seen by an Associ
ated Press reporter Immediately after the race
and asked what he thought of the result II
do not think the best man won," said Hanlau,
Though acknowledge was fairly beaten"
Questioned how that could be the ex.cham-
aS PSn bs 1ew sS sts'tuTn dd and So, woTla Wan only
however, brought out the statement from Han.
Ian that he had not been In the best Of coudi.
ton. II have been suffering from cold" he
said land II told on me exactly when most
In sharp contrast TO the glum appearance Of
Banlan was the cherry, sunbrown face OF
Gaudaur. THAT was the hardest race ever
rowed," said he; II Just had to do my level
best" he said, "and did It," The referee OF
the race was Hanlan's choice, Hamilton Busby,
Of New York. Hanlan gets 40 per cent. OF
s., 500. the total gate receipts.
The time, 1880, was this evening declared
official. Gaudaur, therefore, broke the record,
the best previous time being his own against
Teemer over the same course, 1854.
Hanlan, though beaten, not only forced Gau-
daur TO break all records, but also broke them
himself Hanlan's time, according to the
official record. was 1884 His baoker, Peter
Duryea, taking courage from this fact, stated
tonight that he would send Hanlan to Austria
lia TO beat Beach, and then return to again
row Gaudaur.
ROSS oUTRows HosyER.
NEW YORK, May 30.-The three mile single
scull race between Wallace Ross and George
Hosmer was rowed at Bowery Beach this az
ternoon at 6p. m. Ross won by two feet in
1405,